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Chreim, Samia, Langley, Ann, Reay, Trish, Comeau-Vallee, Mariline and Huq, Jo-Louise (2020) Constructing and sustaining counter-institutional identities. Academy of Management Journal, 63 (3). pp. 935-964. doi:10.5465/amj.2017.0528 ISSN 0001-4273.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2017.0528
Abstract
How do individuals and collectives construct and sustain identities that
run counter to dominant institutions? We develop the notion of counterinstitutional identity as involving individual and collective constructions of ‘who we are’ that are in strong opposition to dominant values and principles in the field, diverge from roles that are established through socialization and training, and involve practices that are proudly construed in direct contrast to field norms. We draw on findings from a comparative case study of Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams to theorize about the identity work of groups and individuals that enables and constrains counter-institutional identity constructions. We develop a cross-level process model of encapsulation in which authoritative texts (or prescriptive documents) play a role in sanctioning and enhancing counter-institutional identities. The model shows how rigorous positioning against ‘who we are not’ (an “identity foil”) through practices of oppositional identity work are combined with practices of relational identity work that reinforce counter-institutional identities by positively valuing ‘who we are’ as superior to the foil. These practices are crucial to understanding how and why counter-institutional identities are created and sustained.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BC Logic B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BD Speculative Philosophy B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Organizational behavior , Organizational behavior -- Canada, Organizational sociology , Identity (Philosophical concept) , Cognition | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Academy of Management Journal | ||||||||
Publisher: | Academy of Management | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0001-4273 | ||||||||
Official Date: | June 2020 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 63 | ||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 935-964 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.5465/amj.2017.0528 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 9 September 2019 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 20 June 2020 | ||||||||
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